Town Hall Forecourt Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1951. Wall.
Town Hall Forecourt Wall
- WRENN ID
- first-soffit-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds Central and Headingley MP: Alex Sobel (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1951
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Town Hall Forecourt Wall, Victoria Square
- OS grid reference
- SE 297 338
- Coordinates
- 53.79973, -1.55026
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Town Hall forecourt wall in Leeds is a retaining wall built in 1936, designed by JC Proctor. It is constructed from Bramley Fall sandstone with steps made of Elland Edge stone. The wall measures approximately 70 meters long towards The Headrow, including a break for steps, and 40 meters towards Oxford Place. At the corner, it stands about 3 meters high, tapering down as the ground rises. The wall features massive blocks, rusticated lower courses, heavily moulded ashlar masonry above, and cylindrical terminals. The construction was carried out by JT Wright and Sons, builders from Leeds, at a cost of £10,000.
Local climate
Town Hall Forecourt Wall receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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